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Rail Line to Close Overnight as Sinkhole and Flooding Follow Storm Chandra
A sinkhole measuring 8m by 3.5m forced overnight closure and suspension of the Night Riviera Sleeper service for emergency repairs, with 200 tonnes of material used by engineers.
- On Wednesday , rail services will cease between Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbot from 7pm to 7am Thursday for emergency repairs following a sinkhole near Dawlish and Teignmouth.
- After Storm Chandra dumped intense rain, the River Otter reached its highest ever recorded level, prompting a "danger to life" Severe Flood Warning for Ottery St Mary.
- Network Rail engineers will work overnight to fill the crater, replacement bus services will run Newton Abbot–Exeter St Davids and Plymouth–Tiverton Parkway, and the Night Riviera Sleeper service will be suspended Wednesday evening.
- GWR urged passengers between Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbot to finish journeys before 7pm, as Hopwood said, `To continue to be able to provide safe and reliable services on this really important section of track linking Devon and Cornwall, we need to make this repair as soon as possible`.
- Over 100 flood warnings are active across England, power cuts affect over 50,000 homes, and 56 schools in Devon closed or partially closed on Tuesday.
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Storm Chandra latest: Rail line to close causes sinkhole
Weather warnings remain in place this evening as Storm Chandra lashes the UK and Ireland. Roads and railways are severely disrupted, rivers have burst their banks, schools closed, football matches were called off. Recap the latest.
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